Give each of your children
a piece of paper (tape paper to table) and a magnet. Dip metal object into paint
and place them on the child's paper. Have them hold the magnet under the table
and move the objects around to paint with it. If your table is to thick for
the magnet to work you may have to use trays or something skinnier for this
project to work.

A Me Collage

Submitted
by Karen

What You Need:

Large Paper

Magazines

Glue

What You Do

Trace and cut out your
children from the paper. Let them go through magazines and cut out things that
they like. They can then paste them on the cut out and you have a collage of
the child

Mailman Bag (Doctor, Mailman, etc)

Submitted
by Freta

What You Need:

Paint

Paper

Magazine Clippings (of
community helpers and their tools)

What You Do:

Give the children the
materials and let them design their own Mailman's Bag.

Mouse in a Jar

Submitted
by Lori

What You Need:

Paper

Inkpad

Markers, Crayons, or
paints

What You Do:

Give your children a
piece of paper with a pre-drawn (or have them draw one) jar on its side on it.
Then have them use a inkpad to make fingerprints inside the jar, and then let
them add the mouse features (eyes, ears, whiskers, arms, legs, tail, etc) to
it.

"The Lunch" Mouse

Submitted
by Torrie

What You Need:

Tissue Paper

Construction Paper

What You Do:

Do this along with the
book "Lunch" by Denise Fleming. Have your children cut out a mouse
shape from construction paper. Then have them cut out food shapes form tissue
paper and put them on the mouse. This represents the way the mouse took on the
color of the food he ate in the book

Mitten Collage

Submitted
by Ally

What You Need:

Butcher Paper

Construction Paper

What You Do:

Cut out the shape of
a mitten from butcher paper. Have them glue on small squares of construction
paper to form a collage type look.

Marble Art

Submitted by
Carla

What You Need:

Construction Paper

Crayons/Markers

Paint (and perhaps sponges
for painting)

Scissors

Glue

What You Do:

Precut shapes on white
construction paper and then, using paint, have the children marble paint their
shape.

Me in a Coat and Mittens

Submitted
by Lisa

What You Need:

Paper Plate

Cotton

Markers/Crayons

Paper

Yarn

What You Do:

Have your children draw
and color their face on a paper plate. Next cut two edges off a piece of paper
to form a coat (have your children add buttons, pockets, etc) Next, glue the
coat to the plate and put cotton around the edge of the plate to look like a
hood. Finally, add mittens attached by yarn.

Marble Mittens

Submitted
by Janice

What You Need:

Marbles

Paint

Paper

What You Do:

Have your children cut
out mittens from the paper. Then give them a small covered container have them
put their mitten in the container, dip marbles into paint and put them into
the container. Close the container and let your children shake it. These really
do make neat designs.

Moose Headband

What You Need:

Paper

Crayons

Glue

What You Do:

Make a piece of paper
that will go around your children's heads. Then have them trace and cut out
their hands. These can be attached to the head band to make Moose Antlers.

The Me Puppet

Submitted
by Kelli

What You Need:

Paper Bags

Crayons

Fabrics

Yarn

What You Do:

Let your children make
a puppet of themselves. They can create the facial features on the bag and yarn
for hair. Additionally they can use your fabrics to make clothes for their puppet.

Handprint Mittens

Submitted
by Maurine

What You Need:

Paint

Paper

What You Do:

Cut large mittens out
of paper. Give each of your children a large mitten and have them make handprints
all over the mitten. This makes a cute bulletin boar or gift for your parents.

Idea:

Let your children paint with old
mittens! They will love it!

Submitted by Jen

Great Big Class Mitten

Submitted
by Mindy

What You Need:

Paper

Paint

Glitter and any other
supplies.

What You Do:

Cut a large mitten out
of paper. Next cut the mitten into many small pieces. Give each of your children
a piece. Tell them to design it as uniquely as they can. Put all of the pieces
together and you have a unique mitten.

Note: If you have a big class make two mittens, and connect them with yarn.

A Me Collage

Submitted
by Karen

What You Need:

Large Paper

Magazines

Glue

What You Do

Trace and cut out your
children from the paper. Let them go through magazines and cut out things that
they like. They can then paste them on the cut out and you have a collage of
the child